Mr CANNON moved to lay the foregoing report on the table, which motion he afterwards withdrew.

Mr DOUGLASS moved that one thousand copies of the report be printed, which motion he afterwards withdrew.

Mr KIMBROUGH then moved that said report lie on the table and be made the order of the day for Tuesday next, which motion pre

vailed.

Mr CANNON submitted the following:

Resolved, That the 26th section of the first article of the Constitution shall provide, that all lands held by deed, grant or entry, shall be subject to taxation according to its value, or as near as may be practieable, under such rules and regulations as may from time to time be provided by the Legislature, which shall be equal and uniform throughout the State and that slaves, town lots, and all other property or capital, which may become subject to taxation, shall be on the same principle and ratio; so that no one species of property or capital of the same amount or value shall be taxed higher than another in this State, and the tax on white polls shall not exceed one half the tax on slaves.

On motion of Mr NELSON, the Convention again resolved stself into Committee of the Whole, Mr Cannon in the Chair, upon the existing Constitution and the various resolutions to them referred proposing amendments thereto; and after sometime spent in the consideration thereof, the committee rose, reported progress, asked and obtained leave to sit again.

And then the Convention adjourned.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1834.

The Convention met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer, by the Rev. Mr Greene of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr Fogg from the committee who were appointed to inquire and report what number of Journals of the Convention should be printed for distribution, and to whom was recommitted the report made by them on the 29th May 1834,

Reported, that the committee have again had the subject under consideration, and had instructed him to make the following report; viz: That they cannot ascertain the precise number of captains' companies in the State, as no exact returns have lately been made, but the number is about twelve hundred.

The number of public acts distributed after the last session were two thousand seven hundred and ninety, of journals one thousand three hundred and ninety five, of private acts one thousand three hundred and ninety five.

Your committee further state, that immediately after their report of the 29th May was adopted, fixing the minimum number of journals at six thousand, the public printers, upon the faith of said report, made a

written contract and have actually purchased paper for six thousand copies, and it would be an act of injustice and a serious injury to the printers if the number were reduced. By reference to the journals of the House of Representatives of the last session, the number of legislative journals distributed to each county will be seen, and the distribution of the journals of the Convention can be made in the same proportion. The committee are informed that the printers wish to be furnished with manuscript from which to print, or rather be instructed whether they shall use that copy which has been furnished, and from which the daily journals are published: it will be advisable to appoint a committee to compare the copy with the journals, and to superintend the printing. The undersigned, therefore, recommend the appointment of a committee to superintend the printing, and they also recommend that the former resolutions recommended by them be again concurred in.

Respectfully submitted,

F. B. FOGG, Chairman.

On motion of Mr FOGG, ordered that said report lie on the table until Monday morning next.

On motion of Mr M'CLELLAN, the Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr Cannon in the chair, on the existing Constitution and the various resolutions to them referred proposing amendments thereto, and after some time spent in the consideration thereof, the committee rose, reported progress, asked and obtained leave to sit again.

And then the Convention adjourned.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1834.

The Convention met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer, by the Rev. Mr Greene of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr M'GAUGHEY submitted the following:

Resolved, That this Convention will adjourn on the 15th day of July next.

On motion of Mr Hess, ordered that the resolutions introduced by him on the 15th inst., relative to the Executive Department, be referred to the Committee of the Whole.

On motion of Mr CAHAL, the Convention again resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr Cannon in the chair, upon the existing Constitution and the various resolutions to them referred proposing amendments thereto; and after some time spent the in consideration thereof, the committee rose, reported progress, asked and obtained leave to sit again.

And then the Convention adjourned.

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1834.

The Convention met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer, by the Rev. Mr Edgar of the Presbyterian Church.

The PRESIDENT presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Jefferson, Grainger, Hawkins and Greene counties, in relation to a new county; which was read and referred to the committee on new counties.

Mr DOUGLASS presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Wilson county, on the subject of a new county; which was referred, on his motion to the same committee.

Mr KINCANNON presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Giles, Lincoln, Maury and Bedford counties, on the subject of a new county; which was read and referred to the committee on new counties.

Mr HUNTSMAN, from the committee on privileges and elections, made a report upon the contested election between Col. Alexander and Col. Ward, which, on his motion was laid on the table, and on his further motion, ordered that the memorialist or his counsel have leave to examine said report.

Mr WEBSTER presented the following:

Whereas due time for reflection and mature deliberation, is at all times and in all cases necessary and proper, before the final action on subject matters of vital importance, whether by the sovereign people themselves, deliberative bodies, or individuals; therefore,

Resolved, That, if at the time and place pointed out by this Convention, for the adoption of the amended Constitution by the people, a majority of the qualified voters of the State should fail or refuse to adopt the new Constitution, then and in that case they shall have the right to vote for or against it at each and every election under the old Constitution for representatives, until the year , and should it appear that at any election within that period, a majority of said qualified voters, voting for representatives, have voted in favor of the amended Constitution, it shall be the duty of the Legislature next ensuing, to adopt it as the supreme law or Constitution of the State of Tennessee: which shall be and remain in force forever thereafter.

Mr HUMPHREYS, the following:

1st. Resolved, That the Judiciary power of the State, shall be vested in one supreme court, the jurisdiction of which shall be appellate only, and co-extensive with the State; in circuit courts and such other courts subordinate thereto, as the Legislature may from time to time direct and establish.

2nd. Resolved, That the State shall be divided into three districts: the Eastern, Middle and Western; the Eastern District shall consist of the counties of ; the Middle District shall consist of the coun; the Western District shall consist of the counties of And the supreme court shall be held annually at some one place in each district for the final adjudication of all causes arising therein.

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3rd. Resolved, That there shall be one judge selected in each of said districts, by the direct action of all the qualified voters therein; and that the three, so selected, shall hold their offices for the period of nine years, and shall jointly constitute the supreme court of the State.

4th. Resolved, That the Legislature shall divide the districts into circuits, and that the qualified voters of each district shall elect so many circuit judges as there may be circuits and no more, who shall hold their offices for the period of nine years; Provided always, That the Legislature shall have power so to fix the terms of service of the first judges who may be elected under this provision, in such a manner that their respective terms shall expire in succession, each ending in three years after the expiration of the last; and that such succession shall continue forever thereafter. And provided further, That the legislature shall have power to divide the middle into two election districts, if necessary.

5th. Resolved, That the governor shall have power to issue writs of election to fill any vacancies which may occur; which shall not be brought on sooner or later than twelve months after such vacancies may have taken place. During said period of one year, the governor shall have power to fill the vacancy; Provided always, That such judges so appointed or elected, shall hold their offices only during the unfinished term.

6th. Resolved, That each supreme and circuit judge shall reside in the district or circuit for which they respectively may have been chosen; that they shall have liberal salaries allowed them, which shall not be increased or diminished during continuance in office.

7th. Resolved, That the Legislature shall so direct the holding of the circuit courts, that each of the judges of the different circuits of the division shall preside in each of the courts of his division in succession, and shall also have power to transfer the judges of any one division to any other division, and to authorize the courts to transfer the trial of causes from any one division to any other division, or from any one circuit to any other circuit; Provided always, That the same shall be done by general standing laws, applicable alike to all cases and to all judges.

8th. Resolved, That the power of directing impeachments against any judge, shall be lodged in the Legislature by a joint vote, and that all impeachments so directed shall be tried by three judges of a different division and a jury, as at common law. The time, place and mode of trial, both with regard to the selection of the judges and the jury, shall be ascertained and regulated by general standing laws, applicable alike to all cases.

9th. Resolved, That any judge convicted of high crimes or misdemeanors, or of any malfeasance, shall be forever thereafter disqualified from holding any office of profit or honor under this State; and that any judge convicted of neglect of duty shall never thereafter be qualified to hold the office of judge.

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Mr RIDLEY, the following:

Resolved, That the governor, judges and other civil officers of the State, subject under the present Constitution to trial by impeachment, shall be tried by indictment before such court and jury as this Convention may prescribe; and that for any cause, as for old age, &c., not constituting a crime or misdemeanor, a judge shall be removed by a vote of a majority of both Houses of the General Assembly.

On motion of Mr CAHAL, the Convention again resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr Cannon in the Chair, upon the existing Constitution and the various resolutions to them referred proposing amendments thereto; and after some time spent in consideration thereof; the committee rose, reported progress, asked and obtained leave to sit again.

Mr WALTON presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Sumner county, on the subject of a new county, which was read and referred to the Committee on that subject.

On motion of Mr GRAY, the Convention again resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, Mr Cannon in the Chair, on the existing Constitution and the various resolutions to them referred proposing amendments thereto; and after some time spent in consideration thereof, the committee rose, reported progress, asked and obtained leave to sit again.

And then the Convention adjourned.

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1834.

The Convention met according to adjournment, and was opened with prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Edgar of the Presbyterian Church. Mr STEPHENSON presented the memorial of sundry citizens of Washington county, on the subject of education; which was read and referred to the committee on that subject.

Mr STEPHENSON moved to take up the report of the committee on the subject of printing the journals of this Convention, made on the 20th inst.; whereupon Mr Fogg moved to lay said report on the table until to-morrow; which prevailed.

On Mr KIMBROUGH's motion, the report made by Mr John A. M'Kinney, from the committee to whom was assigned the duty of stating the reasons that governed the Convention, in declining to act upon the memorials presented to them on the subject of slavery; which report was made on the 19th inst. and ordered to the table, was taken up. Mr KINCAID then moved to strike out of said report the following; to wit:

"But this is not all, the condition of a free man of colour surrounded by persons of a different cast and complexion is the most forlorn and wretched that can be imagined. He is a stranger in the land of his nativity, he is an outcast in the place of his resi dence he has scarcely a motive to prompt him to virtuous actions or to stimulate him to honorable exertions. At every turn and cor